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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
4
The Wilmington newspaper discusses proposed city actions to combine water and sewerage revenues and charge renters higher rents. It cites expectations of rent increases and urges retrenchment without burdening tenants. It also applauds Henderson officials for preventing a lynching and condemns lynching as a crime while noting public sentiment and rare judicial outcomes.
A Wilmington reader notes confusion over a U S Navy destroyer squadron location and describes the Baltic theater with references to Russian forces and German censorship. The piece mentions Kerensky hopeful about Russia while the provisional government borrows funds from the United States in large sums.
The piece argues that while America is free, rights to speak must not harm the public or aid enemies. It condemns German sympathizers and other disloyal critics as hindrances to government, insisting loyalty warrants protection from those who undermine wartime unity. It emphasizes responsibilities that accompany liberties.
Dr C L Wooten a Colum bus dentistry student in Clarkton has been commissioned first lieutenant in the U S Dental Corps and will depart soon for training. Prentiss Cox the first Anson county soldier heard from in England reports he is well and in an American parade in London August 15. Wheat yields of 20 to 30 bushels per acre boost local farming as mills expand in the county. Cotton remains high priced while farmers consider wheat to ease bread costs. Dr S P Long of Mansfield Ohio Lutheran divine will preach at St Johns Salisbury and speak at a mass meeting in the Tabernacle. He tours the U S on Reform work and will finish nine months of speaking after the Salisbury stop.
Northern labor agitation and Judge Boyd’s ruling on the Keating Owen bill provoke treason talk in Henderson Dispatch. Salisbury Post condemns antiwar efforts as disloyal. Grit warns road manners. Fayetteville Observer notes 13 suffragists arrested at White House, while Asheville Times laments suffrage leadership’s missteps and World critiques Washington picketing impact.
A Daily Lesson recalls 1831 Queen Louise of Denmark born in Hesse Cassel and dying in Copenhagen September 29, 1898. Seventy-Five Years Ago notes 1842 British forces under Nott defeated Afghan tribes. Fifty Years Ago reports 1867 Johnson issued a general amnesty. Twenty-Five Years Ago remembers 1892 John Greenleaf Whittier dying in Hampton Falls New Hampshire. born December 17 1807 in Haverhill Massachusetts.
One year ago today in the war Romanian forces claimed capture of Orsovya while German units surrendered ports Kilwa Kisiwani and Kivinie in East Africa. Rumanians evacuated Tutra kan in Dubrudja region.
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